Posts from Wizard – “The Triumvirate” [Campaign 6, Mission 3] Auto-translated

From the garrison, go down and turn left (in a good way). There is the town of Gryphonhill – dealing with its guards won’t be a big problem (and in general, there won’t be any difficult battles in this mission).

Guys, I need help!!! I have this problem. I rushed through with Zephyr, like the wind, to the Dungeon, spent a week and a half wandering through the dark and creepy depths, and freed Godric. I gathered a few more troops, and Godric passed through the garrison, which expressed its respect to him (Godric), but didn't join. Then, again with this old man (who dies in the expansion), I capture Gryphonville, and exactly two days later, two heroes appear, one stronger than the other. After the first assault, I couldn't believe my eyes... in the garrison, there was only one... Godric. Not a single unit. I quickly bought him 10 swordsmen. And the second enemy hero arrives the next day, and all he has to do is loudly fart to blow Godric and the unfortunate swordsmen away.
Maybe the city should be captured by Zephyr. But Ellaine (1 enemy hero, level 24), and a mage - I don't remember, but Godric is barely level 17. These weaklings in the scenario need to be beaten relentlessly by smashing the monitor with their faces for such treatment of gamers. Help, maybe I did something wrong?

Forgive me, maybe I’ve lost my touch, but I can’t seem to get the Stone Flower. I start playing exactly as you described (on my own, without any guides, because I like to figure things out myself, and only look for information if something doesn’t work and takes too long). So, in the Dungeon, I quickly found the prison, captured all the mines there, and all the other buildings, and spent all my money on an army – this took about 3 weeks, I don’t remember exactly. Then I left, headed to the garrison, and to my great surprise, the companions joined me, and that was it... I captured the Castle, but then the most interesting thing begins: a day or two later, companions from the Necropolis come to visit, with such an army that it’s terrifying... I kill the first one with difficulty, and all that’s left of the army are a few monks and some minor units from the knights. And another day later, another companion visits me with an army that is no less large than the previous one, he kills me (the mission ends), or I run away, then he takes my Castle and stays there, which puts me in a dead end...
I tried to get to the next garrison without capturing the Castle, remembering that the previous one will join, I attack – and a battle begins, the army is not very good, but there is no point in capturing this garrison, because in 2-3 days companions come and kill me... that’s how it is. Please tell me how you managed to have so few major battles until the end of the mission.

In version 1.5, things were completely different for me. I quickly made my way to the prison and freed Godrick. And then something strange started happening – Faidaen appeared immediately, alone, near the last garrison leading to Markel's castle, with a decent-sized army – 20 treants, 20 horses, 30 druids... And he himself was a killing machine with attack and defense around 30, with luck, attack, defense, logistics, and siege engines with enchanted ballistae all upgraded. So, while Zehir and Godrick were climbing out of the dungeon, he simply took over all the castles except for the northwest one, leaving it for Godrick as a final challenge. By that time, the enemy's forces were simply laughable (by Faidaen's standards). He lost 10 horses, 5 druids, and all the dryads while conquering 4 castles. He could have lost even fewer, but after getting Faidaen, it didn't matter anymore.

Did yours appear without using this trick?

Yes, it just appeared out of nowhere, which made my task much easier.